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Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield doesn’t envision the right hand injury he suffered in Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers forcing him to miss next week’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The injury is being called a contusion, according to HC Freddie Kitchens. Mayfield missed a couple of plays but returned wearing a glove. It's a favorable matchup in Week 14 against the Bengals if he can plan but it will still be hard to trust Mayfield and the Browns offense.

With 16 seconds remaining in the first half of their Week 13 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, the Cleveland Browns saw their season flash before their eyes when Baker Mayfield took off sprinting to the locker room while holding his right hand.

But while the Browns would ultimately leave the Steel City with their playoff hopes on life support, their second-year signal-caller appears to be doing just fine.

After returning to the game and playing the entire second half of Cleveland's 20-13 loss to the Steelers on Sunday, Mayfield appeared at his postgame press conference with his right hand heavily wrapped. The former No. 1 pick, however, said X-rays were negative and indicated that he had suffered a hand contusion, leaving little doubt that he'll be available to play when the Browns host the Cincinnati Bengals next week, according to the story.

Coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday that he expects Chase Edmonds (hamstring) to play in the Cardinals' Week 13 matchup with the Rams, Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com reports.

Related players: David Johnson, Kenyan Drake

Since Edmonds got hurt, Drake has pretty much taken over the backfield duties. We can only assume Drake continues to get a majority of the workload, but it's possible Edmonds sees a similar role to what he had before he got hurt. Outside of a 27-126-3 line against the Giants, Edmonds averaged between 5-8 carries between weeks 4-7. Meanwhile, Johnson can't be trusted in lineups. He got zero touches in Week 11.